EP3491746A1 - Appareil et procédés de télécommunication - Google Patents

Appareil et procédés de télécommunication

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EP3491746A1
EP3491746A1 EP17742421.5A EP17742421A EP3491746A1 EP 3491746 A1 EP3491746 A1 EP 3491746A1 EP 17742421 A EP17742421 A EP 17742421A EP 3491746 A1 EP3491746 A1 EP 3491746A1
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predetermined geographical
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infrastructure equipment
geographical regions
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Shin Horng Wong
Martin Warwick Beale
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Sony Europe BV United Kingdom Branch
Sony Group Corp
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B7/00Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
    • H04B7/02Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas
    • H04B7/04Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
    • H04B7/08Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
    • H04B7/0868Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and combining
    • H04B7/088Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and combining using beam selection
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B7/00Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
    • H04B7/02Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas
    • H04B7/04Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
    • H04B7/06Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
    • H04B7/0686Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and simultaneous transmission
    • H04B7/0695Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and simultaneous transmission using beam selection

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  • the present disclosure relates to telecommunications apparatus and methods. Description of Related Art
  • Third and fourth generation mobile telecommunication systems such as those based on the 3GPP defined UMTS and Long Term Evolution (LTE) architecture are able to support more sophisticated services than simple voice and messaging services offered by previous generations of mobile telecommunication systems.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • a user is able to enjoy high data rate applications such as mobile video streaming and mobile video conferencing that would previously only have been available via a fixed line data connection.
  • the demand to deploy third and fourth generation networks is therefore strong and the coverage area of these networks, i.e. geographic locations where access to the networks is possible, is expected to increase rapidly.
  • fourth generation networks can support communications at high data rate and low latencies from devices such as smart phones and tablet computers, it is expected that future wireless communications networks, will be expected to efficiently support
  • communications with a much wider range of devices associated with a wider range of data traffic profiles for example including reduced complexity devices, machine type communication devices, high resolution video displays and virtual reality headsets.
  • Some of these different types of devices may be deployed in very large numbers, for example low complexity devices for supporting the "The Internet of Things", and may typically be associated with the
  • 5G new radio access technology
  • new RAT new radio access technology
  • NR new radio access technology
  • Network nodes e.g. small cell and relay nodes
  • RAT radio access technology
  • the present disclosure can help address or mitigate at least some of the issues discussed above.
  • Figure 2 schematically illustrates a non-beamformed radio signal coverage and beamformed radio signal coverage
  • Figure 3 schematically illustrates sweeping beamformed radio signal coverage
  • FIG. 4A schematically illustrates network infrastructure equipment according to an embodiment
  • Figure 4B schematically illustrates a terminal device according to an embodiment
  • Figure 5 schematically illustrates two different beam sweeping rhythms
  • Figure 6 schematically illustrates respective beam sweeping rhythms of neighbouring
  • TRPs Transmission and Reception Points which may result in radio interference
  • Figure 7 schematically illustrates respective beam sweeping rhythms of neighbouring TRPs for which radio interference is alleviated
  • Figure 8 schematically illustrates the derivation of a sub-beam sweeping rhythm from a base beam sweeping rhythm
  • Figure 9 schematically illustrates the relative widths of a beam of a sub-beam sweeping rhythm and a beam of a base beam sweeping rhythm
  • Figure 10 schematically illustrates the generation of orthogonal sub-beam sweeping rhythms on the basis of orthogonal base beam sweeping rhythms
  • Figure 1 schematically illustrates the generation of a multi-beam sweeping rhythm
  • Figure 12 schematically illustrates a two dimensional (2D) beam arrangement
  • Figure 13 shows a flow chart schematically illustrating a method according to an embodiment.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a network architecture for an LTE-based wireless mobile telecommunications network / system 100.
  • Various elements of Figure 1 and their respective modes of operation are well-known and defined in the relevant standards administered by the 3GPP (RTM) body, and also described in many books on the subject, for example, Holma H. and Toskala A [1 ]. It will be appreciated that operational aspects of the telecommunications network represented in Figure 1 , and of other networks discussed herein in accordance with embodiments of the disclosure, which are not specifically described (for example in relation to specific communication protocols and physical channels for
  • communicating between different elements may be implemented in accordance with any known techniques, for example according to currently used approaches for implementing such operational aspects of wireless telecommunications systems, e.g. in accordance with the relevant standards.
  • the network 100 includes a plurality of base stations 101 connected to a core network 102.
  • Each base station provides a coverage area 103 (i.e. a cell) within which data can be communicated to and from terminal devices 104.
  • Data is transmitted from base stations 101 to terminal devices 104 within their respective coverage areas 103 via a radio downlink.
  • Data is transmitted from terminal devices 104 to the base stations 101 via a radio uplink.
  • the core network 102 routes data to and from the terminal devices 104 via the respective base stations 101 and provides functions such as authentication, mobility management, charging and so on.
  • Terminal devices may also be referred to as mobile stations, user equipment (UE), user terminal, mobile radio, communications device, and so forth.
  • Base stations which are an example of network infrastructure equipment, may also be referred to as transceiver stations / nodeBs / e-nodeBs (eNBs), and so forth.
  • a new RAT network architecture will have a similar general arrangement to that shown for current LTE networks in Figure 1 .
  • a new RAT network architecture will include a core network component, a number of base stations and a number of terminal devices which operate together so as to allow exchange of data between terminal devices on the network.
  • operational aspects of a new RAT network may be different to those known from LTE or other known mobile telecommunications standards.
  • each of the core network component, base stations and terminal devices of a new RAT network will be functionally similar to, respectively, the core network component, base stations and terminal devices of Figure 1.
  • each base station will be connected to the core network.
  • Each base station will provide a coverage area (i.e. a cell) within which data can be communicated to and from terminal devices.
  • Data will be transmitted from base stations to terminal devices within their respective coverage areas via a radio downlink.
  • Data will be transmitted from terminal devices to the base stations via a radio uplink.
  • the core network will route data to and from the terminal devices via the respective base stations.
  • This functional equivalence is sufficient for an understanding of the present technique.
  • SI Study Item
  • NR New Radio Access Technology
  • This SI is to study and to develop a new Radio Access Technology (RAT) for the next generation wireless communication system, i.e. 5G.
  • the new RAT is expected to operate in a large range of frequencies, from hundreds of MHz to 100 GHz and it is expected to cover a broad range of use cases.
  • the use cases that are considered under this SI include: ⁇ Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB)
  • Operation with high frequency carriers such as mm wave enable large frequency bandwidth (for example, a few hundred MHz to 1 GHz) to be used, thus offering very high throughput for eMBB services and supporting large capacity.
  • high frequency carriers such as mm wave (for example, 20 GHz - 100 GHz)
  • large frequency bandwidth for example, a few hundred MHz to 1 GHz
  • operation in such high frequency leads to very high propagation loss, leading to small coverage (for example, producing a cell radius of the order of only 10s of meters).
  • FIG. 2 shows an example of the coverage achieved with and without beamforming at an eNB 200.
  • Use of a conventional sectorised antenna at the eNB without beamforming covers a first geographical coverage area 202 which is broader but which has a shorter reach.
  • a second geographical coverage 204 which is narrower but which reaches larger distances is covered. This second geographical region 204 defines a beam.
  • TRP Transmission & Reception Point
  • the TRP being provided by infrastructure equipment such as an eNB, for example
  • beamforming is typically used for UE specific data where, for example, the UE feeds back beamforming weights (for example, pre-coding vectors) to the eNB and the eNB select a suitable set of precoding weights to form a beam directed towards the UE.
  • This method only increases the coverage of UE specific data, and thus cannot be used for common channels for common messages such as the MIB (Master Information Block) or SIB (System Information Block).
  • Beam sweeping is proposed in [3] in order to extend the coverage for common channels.
  • the beam providing common channels is "swept", that is, directed at different angles at different times.
  • An example of this is shown Figure 3, where the eNB 200 initially forms the beam 204 at a starting position and maintains the beam at this starting position for an initial time period ⁇ . The eNB 200 then changes the position of the beam over time. In this particular example, the beam position is changed by X° and maintained at this position for a time period ⁇ 1 , is changed by another X° and maintained at this position for a time period ⁇ 2, is changed by another X° and maintained at this position for a time period ⁇ 3 and so on.
  • the beam sweeping starts again (that is, the beam is repositioned at the same position as it was for the time period time ⁇ and the sweep is restarted). This enables the eNB to transmit the common channel over a larger area, over a predetermined time period, compared to the non-beamformed coverage 202.
  • FIG. 4A shows an NR eNB 200, which is an example of infrastructure equipment for providing a TRP according to the present technique.
  • the eNB 200 comprises a transmitter 401 configured to transmit wireless signals, a receiver 402 configured to receive wireless signals and a controller 404 configured to control the eNB 200.
  • the transmitter 401 and receiver 402 together form a transceiver.
  • the controller 404 is operable to control the transceiver 401 , 402 to transmit radio signals (such as common channel radio signals) for reception by a terminal device (such as UE 400) located within a first one of a plurality of predetermined geographical regions (each predetermined geographical region defining the geographical coverage area of a beam 204 in a particular position, for example) during a first portion of a periodically repeating time duration.
  • the controller 404 is also operable to control the transceiver to 401 , 402 to transmit signals for reception by a terminal device located within a second, different, one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions during a second, different, portion of the periodically repeating time duration.
  • the first and second portions of the periodically repeating time duration are set such that, for at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, the transceiver transmits signals for reception by a terminal device in the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions only when no transmissions are transmitted from a second infrastructure equipment (for example, another eNB) of the wireless telecommunications system for reception by a terminal device in at least a portion of the at least one of the first and second infrastructure equipment (for example, another eNB) of the wireless telecommunications system for reception by a terminal device in at least a portion of the at least one of the first and second
  • a second infrastructure equipment for example, another eNB
  • predetermined geographical regions is considered as defining a geographical coverage area of a beam 204, the above-mentioned "portion" may be considered as a region of that beam which, when that beam is active, is not overlapped by another beam active beam.
  • the transmitted signals defined in the previous paragraph which may be common channel radio signals (for example), may be broadcast by the eNB. There may therefore not be any UE within the first or second ones of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions when such signals are transmitted. However, it will be appreciated that managing the transmission of these signals in the way defined will reduce interference at a UE in the case that a UE is present within one of the first or second
  • FIG. 4B shows a UE 400, which is an example of a terminal device according to the present technique.
  • the UE 400 comprises a transmitter 406 configured to transmit wireless signals, a receiver 408 configured to receive wireless signals and a controller 410 configured to control the UE 400.
  • the transmitter 406 and receiver 408 together form a transceiver.
  • the controller 410 controls the transceiver 406, 408 to receive radio signals (such as common channel radio signals) from first infrastructure equipment (such as eNB 200) during a first portion of a periodically repeating time duration.
  • radio signals such as common channel radio signals
  • the controller 410 controls the transceiver 406, 408 to receive radio signals from the first infrastructure equipment during a second, different, portion of the periodically repeating time duration.
  • the first and second portions of the periodically repeating time duration are set such that, for at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, when the UE 400 is located within at least a portion of the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, the transceiver 406, 408 receives signals from the first infrastructure equipment only when no transmissions are received by the UE 400 from second infrastructure equipment (for example, another eNB) .
  • a beam sweeping pattern or beam sweeping rhythm is introduced for a particular eNB.
  • This pattern or rhythm defines the sequence of directions of the beam 204.
  • An example of a beam sweeping rhythm is shown in Figure 5.
  • the common channels are beam swept over 4 different possible beam directions (angles), namely D1 , D2, D3 and D4, and the beam position is changed over four consecutive time periods, ⁇ , ⁇ 1 , ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 3 (the time periods ⁇ , ⁇ 1 , ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 3 thus forming respective portions of a periodically repeating time duration).
  • two example rhythms, Rhythm 1 and Rhythm 2 are shown.
  • the position of the "active" beam (that is, the beam for which, for the current time period, transmission of signals from the eNB 200 to a UE located within the geographical region defined by the beam is enabled) follows the sequence D4, D2, D3 & D1 for time periods ⁇ , ⁇ 1 , ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 3 respectively (such a sequence may be referred to as ⁇ D4, D2, D3 & D1 ⁇ ).
  • the position of the active beam follows the sequence D2, D4, D1 & D3 at time ⁇ , ⁇ 1 , T2 and ⁇ 3 respectively (such a sequence may be referred to as ⁇ D2, D4, D1 & D3 ⁇ ).
  • Figure 5 shows only two example rhythms and that other rhythms are possible.
  • the present technique recognises that common channels are typically transmitted all the time and that the same beam sweeping rhythm being used for neighbouring TRPs in a network may therefore lead to consistent interference.
  • An example of such interference is shown in Figure 6.
  • the same beam sweeping rhythm of ⁇ D1 , D2, D3, D4 ⁇ is used for two neighbouring eNBs 200A and 200B in the network (each of the eNBs 200A and 200B being an example of a TRP and having the same functional structure as the eNB 200 shown in Figure 4A, for example).
  • the active beams of the two eNBs 200A and 200B will consistently interfere with each other.
  • eNB 200B uses rhythm ⁇ D2, D4, D1 , D3 ⁇ (this actually being Rhythm 2 in Figure 5, in this case).
  • the different, non-interfering rhythms assigned to each of the eNBs 200A and 200B may be defined as being orthogonal to each other.
  • different rhythms can have different number of beam directions and/or different beam widths.
  • each is identified by its direction (that is, D1 , D2, D3 or D4), any other suitable means of identifying the beam could also used.
  • each beam could be identified by its angle or by assigning a logical beam ID to the beam.
  • the rhythm of a particular TRP is dependent upon an identifier of that TRP.
  • each of the eNBs 200A and 200B shown in Figure 7 could be associated with a different identifier (such as a different cell identifier or cell ID), and a different rhythm to be associated with each eNB could be determined on the basis of these identifiers.
  • eNB 200A could be associated with a first cell ID which indicates that Rhythm 1 of Figure 5 should be used and eNB 200B could be associated with a second, different, cell ID which indicates that Rhythm 2 of Figure 5 should be used.
  • TRP deployment could involve TRP identifier planning so as to ensure that neighbouring TRPs each have a different TRP identifier.
  • TRP identifier planning means that each TRP will be associated with a different rhythm, thus reducing the effort in assigning rhythms to each TRP.
  • a set of beam sweeping rhythms are defined, for example, in the relevant network specifications.
  • Each TRP can then be configured in advance with one of these defined rhythms.
  • a sub-rhythm can be formed from another (base) rhythm.
  • the number of beams in a sub-rhythm is an integer multiple N r h y thm of the number of beams in the base rhythm.
  • the rhythm of eNB 200B thus has 8 beam directions ⁇ D s 1 , D s 2, D s 3, D s 4, D s 5, D s 6, D s 7, D s 8 ⁇ .
  • a sub-rhythm beam width is narrower than its corresponding base rhythm beam.
  • the sub-rhythm beam forms a sub-region of its corresponding base rhythm beam.
  • a sub-rhythm beam width can be 15° whilst that in the
  • corresponding base rhythm has a beam width of 30°. This may be achieved, for example, by the base rhythm beam width being a multiple of N my thm of that of the sub-rhythm beam width.
  • the present technique thus recognises that different TRPs can use different beam widths for beam sweeping. It is noted that the beam width of a particular TRP is dependent upon the number of antenna elements of that TRP, and that this can differ for different TRPs in the network.
  • a rhythm duration is the time period for which a particular beam direction is maintained (the previously mentioned time periods ⁇ ⁇ (for example, ⁇ - ⁇ , ⁇ 2 , etc.) are thus each an example of a rhythm duration).
  • a base rhythm duration is longer than that of its sub- rhythm. That is, sub-rhythm duration is a portion of the base rhythm duration.
  • the base rhythm duration may be N my thm times longer than that of its sub-rhythm.
  • N my thm beams of a sub-rhythm are derived from a beam of a base rhythm, and the Nmythm beams of the sub-rhythm cover the same width as the beam of the base rhythm. If the energy of each of the N my thm beams is such that the combined energy of the N my thm beams is the same as that of the base rhythm's beam, then the N my thm beams will cover the same area as the base rhythms beam. Alternatively, if one or more of the N my thm sub-beams have a higher energy, then they will reach further into the distance.
  • a set of base rhythms can be defined and TRPs using different beam widths or number of beam directions can derive their rhythms from this set of base rhythms.
  • an identifier such as a Cell ID is indicative of the base rhythm to be used (as previously described), since, as long as the identifiers of two adjacent TRPs are different, then it doesn't matter if the TRPs have a different number of beam directions per beam sweep.
  • the base rhythm is orthogonal to the base the rhythm of another TRP, then the sub-rhythm will also be orthogonal to the base rhythm of the other TRP (and any sub-rhythm of the other TRP derived from this base rhythm in the way described).
  • a TRP (such as eNB 200) can form multiple beams at a time, and so a rhythm consisting of multiple simultaneous beams is beneficial. Recognising this, a multi-beam rhythm can be formed by two or more orthogonal single beam rhythms.
  • a TRP (such as eNB 200) changes its rhythm in time. That is the rhythm in a TRP can hop from one rhythm to another.
  • a TRP can repeat Rhythm 1 of Figure 1 1 for a predetermined time period and then change to Rhythm 2 of Figure 1 1 for another predetermined time period (the TRP then changes back to Rhythm 1 and the process is repeated).
  • the TRP can hop between more than two rhythms. This embodiment avoids two inter-cell beams from consistently interfering with each other. In other words, it randomises inter-cell beam interference among adjacent cells.
  • eNB 200A has rhythm ⁇ D1 , D3, D2, D4 ⁇ and adjacent eNB 200B has rhythm ⁇ D4, D3, D2, D1 ⁇
  • eNB 200A periodically hops to another rhythm, such as ⁇ D3, D2, D1 , D4 ⁇
  • the inter-beam interference for beams D2 & D3 is alleviated during these periods.
  • the UE 400 can be made aware of the hopping pattern for the beams, such that it knows in which time periods it should be decoding signals for a particular beam. For example, consider a TRP that has the following rhythms in different hops in the time periods ⁇ - ⁇ , T 2 , T 3 , T 4 ⁇ :
  • the UE 400 If the UE 400 is made aware of these hopping patterns then, for example, when the UE 400 is located in the geographical region defined by beam D1 , the UE 400 knows that it should decode the beam in the following time periods:
  • the UE 400 can wait to decode the beams in the hops where interference does not occur (or, at least, where there is less interference).
  • the UE can determine the hopping pattern of the various beams based on, for example, system information or an identifier of the TRP (such as the cell-ID) serving the UE.
  • rhythm hopping is applied and the transport blocks of information (e.g.
  • FIG. 13 shows a flow chart schematically showing a process according to the present technique.
  • the process starts at step 1300.
  • step 1302 during a first portion of a periodically repeating time duration, radio signals are transmitted from infrastructure equipment to a terminal device located within a first one of a plurality of predetermined geographical regions.
  • step 1304 during a second portion of the periodically repeating time duration, radio signals are transmitted from the infrastructure equipment to a terminal device located within a second one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions.
  • the process then ends at step 1306.
  • beam should generally be understood to mean a predetermined geographical region within which an infrastructure equipment may transmit radio signals to a terminal device.
  • a beam is "active"
  • the infrastructure equipment is able to transmit radio signals to a terminal device located within that predetermined geographical region.
  • the infrastructure equipment is not able to transmit radio signals to a terminal device located within that predetermined geographical region.
  • First infrastructure equipment for use with a wireless telecommunications system comprising:
  • the controller is operable to control the transceiver to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within a first one of a plurality of predetermined geographical regions during a first portion of a periodically repeating time duration and to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within a second, different, one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions during a second, different, portion of the periodically repeating time duration, wherein the first and second portions of the periodically repeating time duration are set such that, for at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, the transceiver transmits signals for reception by a terminal device in the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions only when no transmissions are transmitted from a second infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications system for reception by a terminal device in at least a portion of the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions.
  • the second infrastructure equipment is operable to transmit signals for reception by a terminal device only in a third one of the plurality of predetermined geographical areas, wherein at least a portion of the third one of the plurality of predetermined geographical areas is non-overlapping with the first one of the plurality of predetermined geographical areas;
  • the second infrastructure equipment is operable to transmit signals for reception by a terminal device only in a fourth one of the plurality of predetermined geographical areas, wherein at least a portion of the fourth one of the plurality of predetermined geographical areas is non-overlapping with the second one of the plurality of predetermined geographical areas.
  • the first one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions comprises a plurality of sub-regions, and the controller is operable to control the transceiver to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within any one of the sub-regions during the first portion of the periodically repeating time duration;
  • the second one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions comprises a plurality of sub-regions
  • the controller is operable to control the transceiver to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within any one of the sub-regions during the second portion of the periodically repeating time duration.
  • the first one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions comprises a plurality of sub-regions
  • the controller is operable to control the transceiver to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within a first one of the sub-regions during a first portion of the first portion of the periodically repeating time duration, and to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within a second, different, one of the sub- regions during a second, different, portion of the first portion of the periodically repeating time duration;
  • the second one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions comprises a plurality of sub-regions
  • the controller is operable to control the transceiver to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within a first one of the sub-regions during a first portion of the second portion of the periodically repeating time duration, and to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within a second, different, one of the sub-regions during a second, different, portion of the second portion of the periodically repeating time duration.
  • the controller is operable to control the transceiver to periodically switch between transmitting radio signals for receptoin by a terminal device located within the first one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions during the first portion of the periodically repeating time duration and transmitting radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions other than the first predetermined geographical region during the first portion of the periodically repeating time duration, and between transmitting radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within the second one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions during the second portion of the periodically repeating time duration and transmitting radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions other than the second predetermined geographical region during the second portion of the periodically repeating time duration.
  • a terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system comprising:
  • the controller is operable to:
  • control the transceiver when the terminal device is located in a first one of a plurality of geographical regions, control the transceiver to receive radio signals from first infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications system during a first portion of a periodically repeating time duration; and when the terminal device is located in a second, different, one of the plurality of geographical regions, control the transceiver to receive radio signals from the first infrastructure equipment during a second, different, portion of the periodically repeating time duration;
  • first and second portions of the periodically repeating time duration are set such that, for at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, when the terminal device is located within at least a portion of the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, the transceiver receives signals from the first infrastructure equipment only when no transmissions are received by the terminal device from second infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications system.
  • the first infrastructure equipment comprising a controller and a transceiver, wherein the method comprises:
  • first and second portions of the periodically repeating time duration are set such that, for at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, the transceiver transmits signals for reception by a terminal device in the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions only when no transmissions are transmitted from a second infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications system for reception by a terminal device in at least a portion of the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions.
  • a method of operating a terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system comprising a controller and a transceiver, wherein the method comprises:
  • the terminal device when the terminal device is located in a second, different, one of the plurality of geographical regions, controlling the transceiver to receive radio signals from the first infrastructure equipment during a second, different, portion of the periodically repeating time duration;
  • first and second portions of the periodically repeating time duration are set such that, for at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, when the terminal device is located within at least a portion of the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, the transceiver receives signals from the first infrastructure equipment only when no transmissions are received by the terminal device from second infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications system.
  • Integrated circuitry for first infrastructure equipment for use with a wireless
  • the integrated circuitry comprising:
  • the controller element is operable to control the transceiver element to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within a first one of a plurality of
  • predetermined geographical regions during a first portion of a periodically repeating time duration and to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within a second, different, one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions during a second, different, portion of the periodically repeating time duration, wherein the first and second portions of the periodically repeating time duration are set such that, for at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, the transceiver element transmits signals for reception by a terminal device in the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions only when no transmissions are transmitted from a second infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications system for reception by a terminal device in at least a portion of the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions.
  • Integrated circuitry for a terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system comprising:
  • controller element is operable to:
  • control the transceiver element when the terminal device is located in a first one of a plurality of geographical regions, control the transceiver element to receive radio signals from first infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications system during a first portion of a periodically repeating time duration;
  • control the transceiver element when the terminal device is located in a second, different, one of the plurality of geographical regions, control the transceiver element to receive radio signals from the first infrastructure equipment during a second, different, portion of the periodically repeating time duration;
  • first and second portions of the periodically repeating time duration are set such that, for at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, when the terminal device is located within at least a portion of the at least one of the first and second predetermined geographical regions, the transceiver element receives signals from the first infrastructure equipment only when no transmissions are received by the terminal device from second infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications system.
  • a system comprising first infrastructure equipment according to clause 1 and a terminal device according to clause 7.
  • Described embodiments may be implemented in any suitable form including hardware, software, firmware or any combination of these. Described embodiments may optionally be implemented at least partly as computer software running on one or more data processors and/or digital signal processors.
  • the elements and components of any embodiment may be physically, functionally and logically implemented in any suitable way. Indeed the functionality may be implemented in a single unit, in a plurality of units or as part of other functional units. As such, the disclosed embodiments may be implemented in a single unit or may be physically and functionally distributed between different units, circuitry and/or processors.

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L'invention concerne un premier équipement d'infrastructure destiné à être utilisé avec un système de télécommunication sans fil, le premier équipement d'infrastructure comprenant une unité de commande et un émetteur-récepteur. L'unité de commande peut être utilisée pour commander l'émetteur-récepteur afin de transmettre des signaux radio à recevoir par un dispositif terminal situé à l'intérieur d'une première région parmi une pluralité de régions géographiques prédéterminées pendant une première partie d'une durée à répétition périodique, et pour transmettre des signaux radio pour la réception par un dispositif terminal situé dans une seconde et différente région géographique de la pluralité de régions géographiques prédéterminées pendant une seconde et différente partie de la durée à répétition périodique. Les première et seconde parties de la durée à répétition périodique sont définies de telle sorte que, pour au moins l'une des première et seconde régions géographiques prédéterminées, l'émetteur-récepteur émet des signaux pour la réception par un dispositif terminal dans au moins l'une des première et seconde régions géographiques prédéterminées uniquement lorsqu'aucune transmission n'est transmise par un second équipement d'infrastructure du système de télécommunication sans fil pour une réception par un dispositif terminal dans au moins une partie de la première ou de la seconde région géographique prédéterminée.
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